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  • #1544689
    CMorpaint
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        Good Morning!

        Welcome to the April challenge!  This month’s theme is

        GARDEN VISITORS”.

        I am offering photos from my gardens over the years.  I love growing plants/flowers and enjoy watching the different visitors to each one.  Hope you find one or a couple of images you would like to challenge.

        There are few rules … Any medium ……. Any size …… Any style!

        Reveal Day for all your entries is 25th of this month.

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        Female Canadian Tiger Swallowtail on Lilacs

        LILACS

        Black Slug with Dandelion

        Dandelion

        Lorquin’s Admiral on Snowmound

        Snowmound

        Male Canadian Tiger Swallowtail on Daylily

        Daylily

        Bee on Shasta Daisy

        Shasta Daisy

        Bee on Marigold

        Marigold

        Spider on Rhododendron

        Rhododendron

        And lastly

        Bees on Zinnias

        Zinnias

        These refs are all mine, but please feel free to use your own of your garden flowers with visitors, or find more in the Reference Image Library.

        Happy Painting,

        Cindy

        :mail:

        Regards,
        Cindy
        C/C always welcome
        "Painting is my meditation"

        #1544701

        Thank you Cindy, beautiful flowers and visitors.

        #1544710

        Lovely! Thank you Cindy.??

        Is it just me who can’t find the spider on the rhodo?? ?

        Cheers, Maureen


        Forum projects: Plant Parade projects in the Florals/Botanicals forum , WDE in the All Media Art Events , Different Strokes in Acrylics forum .

        #1544715
        CMorpaint
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            Lol, he is pretty tiny but here he is.

            spider on Rhody

            If you zoom in, he’s in the circled area.

            :yes:

            Regards,
            Cindy
            C/C always welcome
            "Painting is my meditation"

            #1544716
            CMorpaint
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                Glad you like these images Dewi.

                :good:

                Regards,
                Cindy
                C/C always welcome
                "Painting is my meditation"

                #1544769

                Great photos and theme, Cindy :bye: and thank you for hosting!

                Kay

                Moderator: Watermedia, Mixed Media, Abstract/Contemporary

                #1544832
                CMorpaint
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                    Thank you Kay.  I look forward to seeing your work ?

                    Regards,
                    Cindy
                    C/C always welcome
                    "Painting is my meditation"

                    #1544867

                    Only wish I could have a garden like this :wacko: sigh…

                    Kay

                    Moderator: Watermedia, Mixed Media, Abstract/Contemporary

                    #1544874
                    CMorpaint
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                        Thanks Kay.  It’s a trial and error garden.  I have tried a lot of different plants and some of them survive and some don’t.  I enjoy caring for them and watching them grow.  Since I started painting  I am also trying to learn how to take better photos.

                        :good:

                        Regards,
                        Cindy
                        C/C always welcome
                        "Painting is my meditation"

                        #1544887
                        TK H-H
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                            Yeees! This is my kind of challenge (I love painting insects). I hope I can find time to participate.

                            Interested in a monthly soft pastel challenge? Let me know here:

                            https://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/topic/interest-in-a-monthly-challenge/

                            #1544901
                            CMorpaint
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                                TK H-H  –  Glad you like!  Hope you can participate!  I look forward to seeing your work.

                                :good:

                                Regards,
                                Cindy
                                C/C always welcome
                                "Painting is my meditation"

                                #1545436

                                Very intriguing idea!

                                I have been away from forums and art for a few weeks. We were away on holiday for nearly two weeks, getting back late April 4th. Not only am I exhausted by the trip (which was very nice), I caught a cold from Jerry and feel even more tired. We just don’t sleep well away from home, and the seas (we were on a Southern Caribbean cruise) were exceptionally rough and noisy at night. After we left the home port of Baltimore, a bridge collapsed and we could not return there. So we had to dock in Norfolk, VA and take coaches to Baltimore.Those that flew were taken to airports. Rush hour traffic in Baltimore, then snow squalls in PA on windy mountain roads in darkness.There is so much to do and unpack; I loathe feeling disorganized.

                                Joy
                                C & C encouraged!

                                #1545932
                                CMorpaint
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                                    Joy- good to see you back.  Sounds like you had a stressful end to your last holiday.  Hopefully all is going well now.  The bridge collapse was terrible but the cleanup is progressing. May the lost souls Rest In Peace.

                                    Hope you find time to paint one of my critters this month. :good:

                                    :bye:

                                    Regards,
                                    Cindy
                                    C/C always welcome
                                    "Painting is my meditation"

                                    #1546104
                                    CMorpaint
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                                        Hi,

                                        One week left.  How is everyone doing?  I have one finished and am going to try for another.  I hope this challenge isn’t “Bugging” anyone… ;-) :good:     ?

                                        I always say I learn something new with each challenge.   In my photos I had two Canadian Tiger Swallowtail ?’s.   I learned the one with blue all along the bottom is the female and the lesser amount of blue is the male.  In case you didn’t know, or if you wanted to know.

                                        I’ll quit rambling now.

                                         

                                        Regards,
                                        Cindy
                                        C/C always welcome
                                        "Painting is my meditation"

                                        #1546113

                                        Mine is done :yahoo:

                                        Kay

                                        Moderator: Watermedia, Mixed Media, Abstract/Contemporary

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